Effects of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the bioconcentration of organic chemicals in aquatic organisms - A review

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1335-1362

  Haitzer, Markus ^a,b   Höss, Sebastian ^a,b   Traunspurger, Walter ^a   Steinberg, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Inst F Gewasserokologie B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Bioavailability; Bioconcentration; DOM; Humic substances; Organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRETHROID; SURFACTANT; TRIBUTYLTIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUATIC FAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL BINDING; DAPHNIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FISH; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0032167601     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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